-time skip-

Naruto's POV

I sat next to Sasu-nii again, we have all of the same classes apparently. Now we're in home room...the class I was supposed to introduce myself in but missed.

"Naruto, please come up and introduce yourself." The warm voice of Iruka made its way to my ears, and albeit hesitantly I got up from my seat, walking to the front of the class. I see Naruko glaring at me, I never really liked her.

"I'm Naruto....I'm 14." Keep it nice and short, meeting new people like this makes me nervous. I'm supposed to act like an ANBU, where did the great Kitsune go? I guess this is how I act without fake personalities or masks. I'm feeling uncomfortable with how many people are staring at me, and most likely judging how I look.

I quickly made my way back to the seat, staring at the floor as I felt people looking at my hair. I really hate it, why's is white of all colors? Especially my eyes...they're so weird.

I stumbled back to my seat next to Sasu-nii, who just patted my back in comfort. Right, he acts differently during class. If we were at the compound, he would've patted my head or maybe even hug me.

"Umm. Well, I'll be going now. Eat your lunches!" Just like that, Iruka left the classroom, and I focused my attention to Naruko, who walked out with multiple people following her.

The bullies, maybe that's them. Hokage-san did say that's stoping her bullies is my priority.

"Hn, hnn HnN nH." Sasuke looked up, and made a nearly unnoticeable nod while he picked at his broccoli with his chopsticks.

Leaving my bento behind, I walked out the room as well. Shikamaru is following me again. Not now...

"Hey, Naruto, I need to talk to you." He spoke calmly, his hands in his pocket as he trailed after me.

"Can we talk later? I just-"

"You haven't been at the park for years. I haven't talked to you in years. Now tell me real quick....how many fake personalities and appearances have you made all this time?" Shikamaru's voice raised at the end. He was serious and, I guess you could say angry; something not many people witness.

"No-" bang

I stared into his dark brown eyes, crossing my arms. He cornered me, pining me against these iron lockers. The angry look in his eyes made me feel guilty, I've put a mission before my old friend's feelings. I messed up, again, like usual.

I looked away, biting down on my lip.

"Don't lie to me, trust me I know you've been creating other personalities. How many?" He clenched his teeth, speaking in a manner that was so unusual for anybody to hear. He wasn't calm at all now, I could feel it. Shikamaru grabbed my shoulders, shoving me into the lockers again.

"Please...tell me. I don't even know if I've made friends with the real you, or if you're even the real you." I heard him mumble, and I sighed.

"I don't know." I said, his grip on my shoulders releasing.

"What do you mean?" He asked me, letting me go completely as I rubbed my new bruises.

"I said I don't know how many fakes I've made! I can't count them all, I don't even feel comfortable as myself anymore! Now excuse me, I need to go." I rushed away from the situation, leaving him behind. He's my friend, he's my friend. But...is he?

Shikamaru's POV

I slammed my fist into the locker, punching it again until my knuckles bruised. I've known him for so long, how frustrating is it that the person you've bonded with may not even be the person you thought they were?!

He doesn't know how many....that's not good.

I took in a few deep breaths, calming myself down. I don't know why I was so worked up, I guess the thought of me befriending a person without knowing their real personality struck a nerve in me. And to think I'm the smartest, or was the smartest. Naruto beat me.

Now, since I've caught him trying to change himself in the training grounds...this might actually be the real Naruto.

I could might become his actual friend, not just somebody who wants to play around every once in awhile.

But to think he doesn't feel comfortable as himself...Sasuke might know why. It's unusual, most people feel better as themselves after acting fake for a whole day. I need a break, I need to go cloud watching. Just, my mind needs a break.

Naruto's POV

I breathed out a sigh of relief, turning around the corner hearing Shikamaru leave the hallway. Grabbing a fistful of my hair, I yanked it hard enough that it wouldn't pull it out but somewhat hurt. Tch, a paper cut is worse than this.

"Don't think you're better than anybody else, trash. Stuttering like that, are you trying to get all the boys to pity you?!" I heard near the stairs, and I turned my attention to it.

"I-I'm S-s-sorry." I heard another girl stutter out. Slowly, I made my way around another corner, seeing Naruko, so I'm supposed to protect, bullying another girl. Naruko slammed her shoe, which looks horrible, next to the crying girl.

"Sorry, sorry. Is that all your vocabulary?" I watched as she raised a fist, and walked out from my spot next to them.

"Excuse me, isn't bullying a prohibited act in this school, punishable by suspension? Or even being expelled?" I saw her look over at me. How often does she exercise? She isn't the fittest person in this village.

"Expel? My dad is the Hokage, the teachers wouldn't have the balls to do that." She spat....the poor plotted plant.

"So?" Crossing my arms, I gave her the infamous are-you-serious look. Haven't used that one in awhile, people usually oblige with my orders immediately. Nice to see a change for once.

"What do you mean so? Says the girl who uses made up words." I watched as she rolled her cerulean blue eyes, and confusion made its way to me.

"Pardon? Made up words?"

"Yeah! Stupid. What does prohibi-something even mean? Not any word I know, and I have private lessons with the best teachers." She yelled at me, emphasizing the I and private. Best teachers, huh?

I took a few steps forward, helping the poor girl up and then turned to face this reck of a kunoichi in front of me.

"Prohibit: formally forbid by law, rules, or other authority. Taken straight from the dictionary. Now tell me, why are you lying to your father about being bullied?" The girl shook, a Hyuuga. She stared straight at my eyes. It's strange, does she think it's the byakugan?

"H-How did you know?" Naruko stuttered, the rage in her eyes is making those wasted ocean eyes burn with hatred.

"I have my ways, now please explain." A few moments later...nothing. She started giggling madly, the girl next to me flinched, but I stayed unaffected. I've been to the T&I unit with Anko before, it's not strange to see somebody turn insane or giggle madly. Screams are a daily occurrence there, no wonder Anko likes it.

"Hahahaha, either way my dad would listen to my words over yours. I can't act like a angel daughter if I wasn't bullied, because who can be purer than sweet goddess me? You don't even look as strong as I do, look at how thin you are. Tell me what you eat, surely a peasant like you can't afford my expensive food, but you seem to have my ideal body." I stared at this girl, was she serious? I'm not a glutton for unhealthy ramen like she is, I have a balance diet and I exercise daily. Anybody can do that.

"I eat salads, rice, fish, soup, sometimes meat, and if I feel like it then I'll eat some dango, ice cream, and or pudding. I have tea with pretty much everything, some sweet some not. I exercise daily, that's all to it really. Why do you want to learn how to be healthy when you should've learned that a long time ago?"

"Liar! You can't stay that thin eating sweets!" Is this really....wow, she needs to check her IQ one day.

"I can, look at me now." I raised my arms, my baggy shirt that once belonged to Shisui-nii rolled down revealing more of my skin.

"Tch, you must be using a genjutsu like me!" Ahh....I'm done. I too, the girl's hand, who just flinched again, and I turned around waking away, letting it go when she started following me.

"Haha! You are! The whole school will know, you fake!" I heard her screech after me, and after a few minutes in silence walking away, I noticed the girl staring at me. I raised an eyebrow, and she noticed that I noticed.

"Is there something on my face?" I asked her, and she shook her head crazy fast.

"Nonono, y-you're just r-really p-pretty. I-I can't b-believe t-there's a-a girl w-who mak-makes Naruko-sama t-that je-jealous." She stuttered again, and I smiled.

"I appreciate your compliment miss, but I'm a boy." I watched as she looked at me for a few seconds, then turn beet red.

"I-I'm s-so so-sorry!" I laughed slightly, she stared at me again.

"It's fine, everybody thinks that. I really need to cut my hair again." I looked out the doors, seeing Sasu-nii looking out the window at a few birds. He acts really antisocial, sometimes I can't believe he really acts like this out in public.

I opened the door, Sasu-nii pretending not to notice. I frowned, this isn't how he acts with us. The girl looking through the door, panicking when she saw me approaching Sasuke.

"W-Wait! H-He can g-get really mad!"

I giggled, my hands hovering around his sides, before jabbing right into them making him jump.

"What the hell?!" He yelled, about to push me away for fully until he saw my face. He sighed, banging his head on the desk.

"That's what you get!" I giggled, everybody stared at me in shock. Sasu-nii looked up, grabbed my cheeks and pulling them painfully.

"Wowowowow" I mumbled, my words not even making sense.

"And that's what you get, Dobe." He sighed, slumping back into his chair. Of course, typical emo kid.

"Hey I see Yuu-nii, over there! He seems mad." Sasu-nii sat up from his seat, looking out the windows with fear on his face. Hahaha, until he starts playing around I won't stop.

After he noticed I lied, he looked at me, almost glaring. "Hehehe." I giggled, running out the door, past the girl from earlier. I could hear his footsteps, oof they're loud.

"Dobe! That's not funny!" I heard him scream, hahaha.... I need to climb a tree, where's a tree?! Ugh, why'd they chop the poor things down.

I suddenly stopped, seeing an animal crossing the training grounds. The poor thing, looks so lonely. I should-

Bam!

"Ouch..." Sasuke mumbled, lying on my back. My nose!

Sasu-nii got up, rubbing his knees. He looked over to me as I slowly got up, holding my nose.

"Naruto-chan, you good?" He asked me, and I took my hand away form my nose. Blood started dripping down from it, and his eyes widened.

"Uh, medic! Tissue! Here, take this!" He took out a handkerchief, it's black with a few grey patterns. I saw that in his bedroom once, when I had to do laundry. Never knew he had pink boxers.

"Thanks." I took the handkerchief from his hand, wiping the leftover blood from my nose. It's already healed, it's just the blood that makes it seem bad. Sasu-nii sighed, falling back into the ground while the dust swirled around.

"Let's stop fooling around, you got hurt."

"Me? Hurt? Pshh, I've been stabbed repeatedly before. This is nothing." Wiping away the blood, Sasu-nii noticed how my nose looked as good as before. I flashed a grin to him, lending him a hand.

"Now c'mon, he have sparring after lunch. We might be late, you don't want your perfect record to be broken do ya?"

Sasu-nii just nodded, and we made our way back to class.

Why am I so short? Even if I'm a year younger....I've been eating the healthiest.

(Quick sketch, hairstyle for Naru isn't accurate btw.)

I sighed, Sasu-nii caught it. "Let's hurry."

"You're thinking about your height, aren't you?"

"Nooo....."

"You are, you can't lie to me."

"Pfft, lying? Me to you? Never~....maybe"

-time skip-

"Ok, Neji Hyuuga v.s Naruto Uchiha! Sasuke Uchiha v.s Sakura Haruno. Ino Yamanaka v.s Shikamaru Nara. Begin!"

I watched as this boy Neji activated his byakugan, getting into the gentle first stance. Even if he blocks all of the chakra points, it won't do much. I got into my taijutsu battle stance, going for the first attack.

I lunged at his shoulder, about to dislocate it until I remembered I can't show all of my skills. I pretended to miss, allowing him to strike me in the arm. That....actually didn't hurt at all.

"Destiny will-"

"Watch it, if you keep on running you're mouth you'll run right past me." I roundhouse kicked his legs, making him fall down. "And trust me, my leg will be outstretched to trip you."

Neji quickly got up, recovering from my attempt to knock him down. Of course, his legs might've fallen off if I've done it stronger.

Next thing you know, my chakra points were getting getting attacked and closing, only to open again moments later. I sighed, grabbing his hands before they reached my heart. I tried to activate my Sharingan, only for something else to happen.

What's this? I can see his....chakra points? Wait.... Neji stared straight into my eyes, and I let go of his arms. He backed away, and I tried to figure out what's happening.

What is this? I can see everything, from chakra to that teacher indoors teaching a class on the other side of the school. It doesn't feel like the Sharingan at all either, wait....

My hand hovered above my eyes, and I stood there in my thoughts for awhile. I felt slightly dizzy.

"Naruto-chan." I looked up, staring at the chakra coils most likely belonging to Sasu-nii.

"Deactivate it, over here. Nobody else noticed, hurry." I allowed him to lead me away from the class, trying to find out how it deactivate it. It's not much different from the Sharingan, I just need to cut off my flow of chakra.....there.

Blinking a few times, I saw the image of Sasu-nii looking down at me, concern in his eyes. "Are you ok? You won by the way, Neji forfeited for some reason. Your eyes though, those dark blue specks suddenly became your eye color and it looked like you were using the Byakugan."

I shook my head, feeling a bit lightheaded. Putting pressure on my temples, the world around me started to spin. Sasu-nii's voice started to become less recognizable and twisted, I shut my eyes closed. I felt so dizzy, I couldn't even balance myself properly. I felt Sasuke hold onto my shoulders...I couldn't think at all. I feel like fainting.

"Na-!"

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